FILM TV 414CTools and Techniques: Cinematography III
Film and Television · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Introduction to design elements of cinematography with special emphasis on supporting course 411C. Study of preproduction visualization tools and techniques for cinematographers with emphasis on lighting, lens, camera, composition, movement, and color design. Assignments train students on proper field production etiquette and procedures, as well as allow for experimentation and technical growth. Hands-on exercises and workshops of increasing complexity designed to understand skills used for visualizing and executing design, compositional balance, and exposure of cinematographic fiction storytelling.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.